NEW EBOLA OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN CONGO’S ITURI PROVINCE, WITH 246 SUSPECTED CASES AND 65 DEATHS REPORTED, AS UGANDA RECORDS IMPORTED FATAL CASE. (PHOTO).

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 New Ebola outbreak confirmed in Congo’s Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths reported, as Uganda records imported fatal case   A new Ebola outbreak has been confirmed in Congo’s remote Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths reported so far, according to Africa’s top public health agency. Health officials said most cases have been concentrated in the Mongwalu and Rwampara health zones, with additional suspected infections reported in Bunia, near the border with Uganda. Preliminary laboratory testing detected the virus in 13 of 20 samples, though authorities said further sequencing is underway to determine the exact strain, which may differ from the Ebola Zaire variant seen in previous outbreaks. Uganda also reported a separate fatal Ebola case involving a Congolese man who had recently traveled from the outbreak area. Health officials said the patient died after being treated in Kampala and confirmed posthumously that he was infected, adding t...

UKRAINE ORDERS EVACUATION FROM DONETSK TOWN AS RUSSIA CLAIMS ADVANCE.(PHOTO).


 Ukraine orders evacuations from Donetsk towns as Russia claims advance

Evacuation comes as President Zelenskyy says F-16s have been delivered to Ukraine.  Ukraine has announced the mandatory evacuation of children and their guardians from areas in the eastern region of Donetsk, where Russia has been claiming advances..


Hours earlier on Sunday, Russia said its forces had seized a nearby village after claiming a string of villages had fallen to its forces in recent weeks – many consisting of a few streets. “The enemy is bombing the towns and villages of these communities every day, so it was decided to evacuate children with their parents or other legal representatives,” Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin said..


Filashkin cited the town of Novogrodovka, about 20km (12 miles) from the village of Novoselivka Persha, which Russia’s Ministry of Defence said it captured on Sunday..


The Russian news agency TASS quoted the ministry as saying Russian units defeated four Ukrainian brigades and “the enemy lost up to 95 servicemen and two ammunition depots.”

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